Author: eatandbemerrydc

For a very long time I was calling myself a pancake snob mainly because, for also a very long time, I’d only eat pancakes from IHOP. If you’ve read any of my previous work, you’ll find this to be true. And as the specificity of where or what brands I’d […]

I was a fiend. As if my addiction to sugar and spice and everything nice was not already bad enough, Chick-fil-A went and invented the most beautiful gut busting dessert known to man; the banana pudding milkshake. The original creation made with layers of banana flavored pudding, slices of bananas […]

1.Firstly, I love your Instagram name; how did you come up with it? Thank you!! My Instagram name is a combination of funny inside jokes! A Cake friend of mine used to tell me my hair was shaped liked a helmet! It always has been super big and styled! Which is […]

1. What was your mission behind starting @thefarebear Instagram page? To be real with you, starting @thefarebear wasn’t even a thought in my brain until Abby Brosnan of The New York Dines (@thenewyorkdines) got in touch with me. We knew each other since middle school and were already connected through […]

I wanted to lose 20 lbs. I thought I’d look super sexy in my swimsuit in Thailand on my first ever baecation this upcoming summer if I was a few pounds lighter; 20 pounds seemed like a perfectly achievable yet arbitrary number to aim for. Though I wanted to lose 20 […]

I strongly believe that food brings people together. I’m pretty sure Donald Trump could bring about world peace if he’d just have a conversation with the Mexican president over some Tres Leches. Food transcends languages, emotions, even cultural differences. That was never more evident than during the evening I spent […]

You’d think as a food writer dating a chef would be a dream come true. Gourmet meals would abound for dinner every night of the week and all you’d have to contribute was an occasional hand and maybe wash a dish or two. In reality, however, your executive chef ends […]

1.What is your fondest food memory? Probably the first time I had a liege waffle with chocolate drizzle when snowboarding; got me to start a whole business 😁 2. What’s the first thing you learned to cook? Fettuccini Alfredo 😁 3. Who has most influenced you in the food industry? Nobody […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for my stomach! Tis the season for loosened pockets as well as waist bands as Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas breakfast collide. The time of year where all that is merry, bright and smothered with gravy is upon us and it is particularly […]

I had never been fat-shamed before. I thought it was a made up feeling concocted by those who couldn’t take constructive criticism concerning healthy weight goals and portion sizes…until it happened to me. I met Mark during a period when my love life had been going awry for so long. […]